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Lunch with Jon Bon Jovi

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the musician explains how the Internet Age has changed the meaning of rock ’n’ roll, why he’s suddenly obsessed with tennis, and much more …

The Dark Side of Happiness

Traces of Empire

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Where Stage and Screen Collide

Benjamin Millepied, a former ballet principal and the choreographer for Black Swan, turns Georges Bizet’s classic opera, Carmen, on its head in his film debut, starring Paul Mescal

Presenting: MAGAzine, Volume Number II

Fake It Till You Make It

He can mimic both Caravaggio and Rembrandt, and his art has been displayed in national galleries and royal households. But are Tony Tetro’s crimes also the sign of a more innocent age?

Pirates of the Peking Express

The extraordinary, little-known story of the bandits who hijacked a Chinese sleeper train full of Westerners, including a Rockefeller heiress, on its way to Beijing

Pushing the Envelope

Boston Baroque stages Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck’s ultimate “reform opera”

Presenting: MAGAzine, Volume Number II

Own the Libs—with Style!

Want to stand out in a crowded House? Dress as your favorite Biden-Harris-Soros catastrophe!

Dying to Get In!

A sneak preview of the Ultimate Memorial Service! It’s going to be amazing! People are already fighting for tickets!

MAGA Mike’s Last Dance

Here’s a sequel guaranteed to bomb, coming up short in more ways than one!

Letters to Trump: the Outtakes

Signed, Bernie Madoff … Jeffrey Epstein … Harvey Weinstein … and more!

The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works

Full Blume

In an interview, Judy Blume discusses everything from J. K. Rowling to the upcoming adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Staff Picks

This week, don’t miss a veteran magazine editor’s homage to his mother, a survey of how germs have shaped history, and the story of a Bavarian village that embraced Nazism

Sean Connery Knew How to Beat Putin

On this week’s episode, Alessandra Stanley discusses how The Untouchables holds the key to deterring Vlad

And the Oscar Goes
to …

In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage

Le Sirenuse’s Siren Call

Seventy years after John Steinbeck visited the spectacular Amalfi Coast hotel, Le Sirenuse maintains its literary roots in the form of a springtime writers’ retreat

Degrees of Separation

The Red Flag of Modern Drama

Between Rome and Byzantium

A 40-year-old Milan Kundera essay holds the key to understanding the war in Ukraine

Mise-en-Scène

A new two-part French adaptation of The Three Musketeers, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Romain Duris, François Civil, and Vicky Krieps, brings the classic tale to a fresh audience